Rick Matula

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: November 22, 1953 in Wharton, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 16th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Wharton HS (Wharton, TX) and the Atlanta Braves in the 14th round of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX).

High School: Wharton HS (Wharton, TX)

School: Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, TX)

Debut: April 8, 1979 (Age 25-137d, 14,156th in major league history)
vs. HOU 7.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER, L

Last Game: June 11, 1981 (Age 27-201d)
vs. MON 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: Richard Carlton Matula

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

ERA

4.41

355.0

129

WHIP

1.470

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-20 / in Starts: 13-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 0

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	29	3	Apr 12	ATL	@	CIN	L,4-5	GS-6		99	6.0	6	1	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.42	24	6	6	1	1	6	60			0	0	1	22	2	0	1	1	0	1	1.12	0.133	1.65	0.12%	1.71	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
2	30	8	Apr 18	ATL		CIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(1-0)	5	9.0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.55	32	19	6	0	1	4	78			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.470	.80	0.26%	4.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	31	12	Apr 23	ATL		SDP	W,2-1	GS-7	W(2-0)	4	6.1	4	1	1	3	3	0	0	0.42	2.75	27	10	7	0	0	4	61			2	0	0	24	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.44	0.155	1.03	0.07%	1.36	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a1
4	32	17	Apr 30	ATL	@	SDP	L,1-2	GS-7	L(2-1)	6	7.0	3	2	2	5	4	0	0	0.95	3.00	26	11	3	0	1	3	62			1	2	0	21	1	0	1	1	0	0	.87	-0.013	.77	-0.01%	0.95	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	33	22	May 5	ATL	@	PHI	L,1-7	GS-4	L(2-2)	4	3.2	8	7	4	1	1	2	0	1.97	3.81	21	6	5	0	1	8	23			0	0	0	19	1	1	0	0	1	2	.69	-0.291	.50	-0.13%	-5.22	1b start tie	4b --- 2 out d7
6	34	25	May 10	ATL		HOU	L,2-3	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	1	2	4	0	0	1.80	3.55	33	15	6	0	1	6	66			2	0	0	31	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.39	0.246	1.18	0.13%	1.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
7	35	30	May 18(1)	ATL		NYM	W,2-1	GS-9	W(3-2)	7	8.1	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	1.68	3.50	31	13	9	2	2	6	66			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	1	0	1.56	0.392	.88	0.13%	2.66	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
8	36	35	May 23	ATL	@	NYM	L,1-2	GS-7	L(3-3)	4	7.0	6	2	2	2	4	0	0	1.79	3.37	27	11	4	0	1	6	59			0	1	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	.84	0.052	.37	0.01%	1.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
9	37	42	May 30	ATL	@	LAD	L,4-8	GS-3	L(3-4)	6	2.1	5	7	6	2	0	1	0	2.65	3.67	15	2	6	1	1	5	19			0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.06	-0.413	.54	-0.13%	-4.17	1b start a 2	3b 123 1 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	38	47	Jun 4	ATL	@	SFG	W,7-2	CG	W(4-4)	4	9.0	7	2	0	2	3	0	0	2.30	3.55	36	16	8	1	1	7	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	2	.83	0.330	.46	0.11%	1.91	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
11	39	51	Jun 9	ATL		STL	L,5-8	GS-6		4	5.2	8	5	5	1	1	1	0	2.74	3.68	26	8	8	1	0	8	33			1	0	0	24	4	0	0	0	1	0	.71	-0.216	.26	-0.05%	-2.54	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d5
12	40	56	Jun 15	ATL	@	CHC	L,1-4	GS-7	L(4-5)	5	7.0	10	3	3	3	2	1	0	2.84	3.82	32	11	6	0	0	10	44			1	1	0	26	2	0	1	1	1	0	.59	-0.091	.20	-0.02%	0.35	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
13	41	61	Jun 19	ATL		PIT	W,4-3	GS-8	W(5-5)	3	7.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.92	3.74	30	10	8	0	0	7	52			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.12	-0.140	.34	-0.03%	-0.75	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a1
14	42	66	Jun 25	ATL	@	CIN	L,3-15	GS-2	L(5-6)	5	1.1	5	7	7	4	0	1	0	3.59	4.01	12	2	1	0	1	5	12			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.471	.36	-0.08%	-5.23	1b start a 1	2b 1-3 1 out d3
15	43	71	Jun 30	ATL		HOU	W,5-4	GS-8		4	7.0	5	2	2	4	2	1	0	3.52	4.14	27	12	4	0	1	5	57			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.30	0.071	.45	0.02%	1.25	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	44	76	Jul 5	ATL		SDP	W,3-2	CG	W(6-6)	4	9.0	8	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.39	4.12	33	11	8	1	0	8	65			2	1	0	30	0	0	0	3	1	0	1.31	0.251	.58	0.07%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
17	45	81	Jul 13(1)	ATL	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS-6		7	6.0	9	4	4	1	2	0	0	3.53	4.04	27	9	6	2	1	9	39			0	0	0	26	1	2	0	1	0	0	1.16	-0.160	.53	-0.04%	-1.53	1b start tie	6b 3 out a1
18	46	86	Jul 17	ATL		NYM	L,0-6	GS-3	L(6-7)	3	2.1	10	6	6	1	0	0	0	3.94	4.04	16	5	1	0	0	9	12			0	1	0	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.382	.26	-0.07%	-5.27	1t start tie	3t -2- 1 out d6
19	47	91	Jul 21	ATL		MON	L,6-8	GS-1	L(6-8)	3	0.0	5	6	5	0	0	1	0	4.34	4.15	6	1	0	0	0	5	18			2	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.39	-0.428	.54	-0.10%	-6.00	1t start tie	1t --- 0 out d6
20	48	97	Jul 27	ATL	@	PHI	L,4-17	GS-2	L(6-9)	5	1.1	8	8	8	1	0	1	0	4.92	4.28	13	3	2	0	0	7	5			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.24	-0.516	.44	-0.11%	-5.60	1b start tie	2b 123 1 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	49	103	Aug 3	ATL	@	MON	L,5-6	8-GF(8)		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.88	4.27	5	1	1	0	1	1		0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
22	50	106	Aug 6	ATL		LAD	L,2-6	GS-7	L(6-10)	2	7.0	10	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.82	4.27	32	8	10	1	1	10	47			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	1	1	.92	-0.042	.09	0.00%	0.23	1t start tie	7t 3 out d1
23	51	111	Aug 11	ATL	@	LAD	W,3-2	GS-9	W(7-10)	4	8.1	4	2	2	4	4	0	0	4.65	4.20	31	16	3	1	0	4	67			1	1	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.408	.10	0.02%	3.14	1b start tie	9b 12- 1 out a3
24	52	116	Aug 16	ATL	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-7	L(7-11)	4	7.0	7	2	2	3	2	1	0	4.54	4.26	31	12	7	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	28	1	0	1	0	0	0	.86	0.039	.18	0.01%	1.04	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
25	53	121	Aug 22	ATL		STL	L,4-7	GS-4	L(7-12)	5	3.1	6	6	6	1	1	3	0	4.82	4.51	17	6	3	1	0	6	24			0	0	0	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	.77	-0.307	.11	-0.03%	-4.40	1t start tie	4t --- 1 out d6
26	54	126	Aug 27	ATL	@	PIT	W,7-4	GS-8	W(8-12)	4	7.1	6	4	4	2	4	1	0	4.83	4.50	29	13	4	0	0	6	52			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.85	0.129	.16	0.01%	-0.56	1b start tie	8b --- 1 out a3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	55	131	Sep 1	ATL	@	CHC	W,5-2	GS-9	W(9-12)	4	8.1	7	2	2	0	4	0	0	4.68	4.35	31	15	5	0	1	7	65			1	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.237	.07	0.01%	1.93	1b start tie	9b -23 1 out a4
28	56	136	Sep 7	ATL		PIT	W,6-5	GS-2		5	2.0	4	3	2	1	0	0	0	4.74	4.35	12	3	4	0	0	4	37			2	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.41	-0.217	.34	-0.03%	-2.08	1t start tie	2t 3 out d3
29	57	141	Sep 13	ATL		SDP	W,5-3	GS-7	W(10-12)	5	6.1	4	3	3	2	1	1	0	4.72	4.39	25	13	5	1	0	4	52			0	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	1	.80	0.038	.04	0.00%	0.36	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a2
30	58	146	Sep 18	ATL	@	SFG	W,2-1	GS-8	W(11-12)	4	7.0	6	1	1	4	2	0	0	4.58	4.37	29	8	9	0	2	6	59			0	0	0	25	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.43	0.299	.18	0.02%	2.43	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out a2
31	59	151	Sep 23	ATL	@	LAD	L,2-4	GS-4	L(11-13)	4	4.0	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.63	4.33	19	9	2	0	0	8	34			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	.86	-0.172	.02	0.00%	-1.23	1b start tie	4b 3 out d3
32	60	158	Oct 2	ATL	@	HOU	L,2-3	5-5		8	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.61	4.33	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.09	5b --- 0 out d2	5b --3 2 out d2
33	61	160	Oct 4	ATL	@	CIN	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.58	4.32	3	2	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.37	0.027	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
							13-20		W-L:11-13	4.5	176.2	195	100	90	60	62	17	0	4.58	4.32	761	1.83		3%	4%	192	46	0	---%	18	10	1	683	30	4	9	21	10	12	1.02	-0.574	.45	0.17%	-15.25

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